9306498

Current Driven Floating Driver Circuit

PublishedApril 5, 2016
Assigneenot available in USPTO data we have
InventorsSven SIMONS
Technical Abstract

Patent Claims
19 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A circuit for generating a modulated signal, comprising: a constant current source; a first switch coupled to the constant current source; a second switch coupled to the first switch and a ground, wherein the first switch and the second switch are coupled to a third switch, the third switch is coupled to a first integrated circuit pad, wherein the first integrated circuit pad is defined to be used for coupling the third switch to a resonance circuit and a fourth switch coupled to the ground and a fifth switch.

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2. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein the fifth switch is coupled to a second integrated circuit pad, wherein the second integrated circuit pad is defined to be used for coupling the fifth switch to the resonance circuit.

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3. The circuit of claim 1 wherein the circuit is embodied in one single integrated circuit having the first integrated circuit pad and the second integrated circuit pad.

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4. The circuit of claim 3 , wherein the one single integrated circuit is configured to be connected to the resonance circuit that includes a coil and a capacitor, wherein the coil and the capacitor are connected in parallel.

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5. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein the first switch, the second switch and the third switch are configured to be operated by a plurality of signal sources, each of the plurality of signal source is configured to produce different types of digital control signals.

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6. The circuit of claim 5 , wherein the digital control signals are arranged to produce Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK) modulation.

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7. The circuit of claim 5 , wherein the digital control signals are arranged to produce Phase Shift Keying (PSK) modulation.

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8. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein the second switch is fast off switch having a second gate to increase turn off speed of the second switch.

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9. There circuit of claim 1 , wherein the third switch is a NMOS transistor.

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10. A circuit for generating a modulated signal, comprising: a first constant current source; a first switch coupled to the constant current source; a second switch coupled to the first switch and a ground, wherein the first switch and the second switch are coupled to a third switch, the third switch is coupled to a first integrated circuit pad; and a second current source coupled to a fourth switch that is coupled to a fifth switch, wherein the fifth switch is coupled to a sixth switch, the sixth switch is coupled to a second integrated circuit pad.

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11. The circuit of claim 10 , wherein the first current source and the second current source are outputs of a same current source.

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12. The circuit of claim 10 , wherein the first current source and the second current source are independent circuits coupled to a same power source.

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13. The circuit of claim 10 , wherein the third switch and the sixth switch are NMOS transistors.

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14. A circuit for generating a modulated signal, comprising: a first constant current source coupled to a first switch; a second constant current source coupled to a second switch and a ground, wherein the first switch is coupled to the second switch, wherein the first switch and the second switch are coupled to a third switch; and a third constant current source coupled to a fourth switch, the fourth switch is coupled to a fifth switch, wherein the fifth switch is coupled to a fourth constant current source, wherein the fourth switch and the fifth switch are coupled to a sixth switch, wherein the first switch and the second switch are coupled to the fourth switch and the fifth switch through a seventh switch.

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15. The circuit of claim 14 , wherein the third switch is coupled to an eighth switch that is coupled to a first integrated circuit pad.

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16. The circuit of claim 15 , wherein the sixth switch is coupled to a ninth switch that is coupled to a second integrated circuit pad.

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17. The circuit of claim 14 wherein the third switch is further coupled to a ground.

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18. The circuit of claim 14 , wherein the first constant current source and the second constant current source are outputs of a same current source.

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19. The circuit of claim 14 , wherein the first constant current source and the second constant current source are outputs of different current sources.

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Publication Date

April 5, 2016

Inventors

Sven SIMONS

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